Dress-chart



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

JJPENLEY.

- -DRESS CHART. No.' 33,1016. Patented Mar. 2, '1886.

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JULIA PENLEY, oF BANGOR, IIIAINn.V

DRESS-CHART.

SPECIFICATION formngpart of Letters Patent N o. 337,016, dated March 2, 1886.

u Application tiled July 25, 1885. Serial No. 172,665. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIA PENLEY, of Bangor, Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dress-Charts, of which the following is a specification.

. My invention consists in providing an im` proved chart for cutting out dress-patterns.

My improved chart is of such a shape, and is so laid out that, with its assistance, a pattern may be formed with great facility and accuracy.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a View of the front part of the chart, and Fig. 2 a View of the back part.

The front part, A, is shaped like a dress waist. B is the neck; C, the shoulder; D, the arm-hole; E, the Waist; F, the darts; G, the dart-rule and front measure; H, the skirt part. The scale I measures the shoulder. K L M are bias-measures leading from the neck and shoulder to the breast. The scalesN O P give the dimensions Linder and about the arm. Q and R measure the waist, S measures the skirt part, and T the bust.

The sleeve U is made integrally with the front part and constitutes part of the skirt. It is provided with scales V, for getting the dimensions of the sleeve.

The back is formed like the back of a dresswaist. a indicates the shoulder; b, the shoulder scale or measure; c, the biasmeasures leading from the shoulder; d, the arm-hole; e, the bias-measures leading from the arm-hole; f, the waist-line; g and h, the Waist-measures; z', the back-seam measure; j, the skirt-measures, and lc indicates a curved slot that constitutes a side-form77 measure.

The following directions should be observed in applying my invention:

For cutting the front, place the front edge of the system on the goods, allowing laps in front. Begin Where itis written neck,` and dot through the hole that corresponds with the bust-measure in each ofthe rows. Where it is written waist-line, find the corresponding number and dot down to the length of waist. To form the darts, mark in Fig. l and figure corresponding with bust-measure. Then take the dart-rule and mark the dart. When all are marked, use the edge of the system to join the dots, tracing the neck from one dot to the to the length of shoulder required. Then at the arm-hole and where it is Written waistline,77 dot down tothe required length of waist. l

Then draw the side form to the dot in the center of the arm-hole. For the seam running to the shoulder, measure three inches from the neck. Then take the edge of the back and draw a line down to the second dot at the waist-line from the center ofthe back. Now, cut the garment out, allowing seams all round, except at the arm-hole and neck.

For cutting sleeve, take the measure from the shoulder to the wrist, bending the arm a little, and dot through the number correspond ing with length of sleeve. Draw the top and under part of sleeve with 'the lower edge of the chart. The numbers between the holes are for the under and upper side of sleeves. For the iop take the outer, and the under the inside dots. To form the top of under part of sleeve, take from A to H of the lower edge of sleevechart, and draw a line from dotto dot. Allow seams all round.

The above system is very si-mple and is universal in its application.

I claim as my invention- The hereindescribed dress chart formed in two parts, the front part and sleeve being in one piece and the back in a separate piece, the said chart being provided with edge-meas ures, waist-measures, a side-form measure, and bias-measures, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed Iny name.

JULIA PENLEY. 

